Incandescent-lamp socket.



No. 8%,310l PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907.

G. B. THOMAS L G, -W.,*GOODRIDGE.

INCANDESCENT LAMP SOCKET. APPMGATION FILED JULY, 190s.

E SHEETS- v'HEBT 2.

ATTORN EYS "onrrnio sfr.

GEORGE B. THOMAS AND Gll'iBEltT W. GO

THE BRYANT ELECTRIC COMPANY, OF BRIDGE- Neo'rn'infr,itssio-Nonsro frirrnnr orrion.

onninon, oir BBIDGEPORT, ooN- PORT, CONNEUMGT, A CORPCHtATION OliCONNECTICUT.

ieioAnnsisolEnr-Lems sooner.

Noi 843,310.

Speei'iesttion of Letters Ibotent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.` Y'

Application filed linly 5.1905. Serial No. 324.920.

5 city of Bridgeporgin the count)Y ot .li`nirlield,

in the State oi (.Yonneotieut, here invented g' certain new and usefulIinpro veinents in l`ncondeseent-Lfnn Sockets, ot whichk the foilowingis a speei` icntion.

Our invention relates to incandescentlsrnp sockets and the like, andparticulorhv to the Ineens of fastening together the shell :ind the cap,the object of our invention heilig to provide o ready and secure ineenswhereby 5 the ports inafv he attached or loosedY in the aoco npzinyingdronvings, Figure 1 o side view of the shell ond enp detached. Figs. 2end 3 are perspective views of the cop and shell, respeetively. Figs.:ind 5 ore lanviews of the cop and shell, respeelivelv. llig. (i is e.cross-section on the line (3 o, Fig. 7 but on ov smaller seele than Fig.T. Fig, 7 is :t cross-section on the line 7 7. Fig. (l, drawn to nlarger seele. Fig. S is :i side view of n. inediiie-etion. Figs. 9 und.l0 nre perspective views of the modified carp end shell, respeetively,and Fig. l1-1 is en enlarged eross-section of the parts on the line l1,Fig. S, when the parts united.

Referring to the drawings, the @up A :ind the shell B are inode ol any'suitable ninterinl, preiernblv the usuel drown sheet nieto-l.. The:innulnr flnng'e forming the lmsnl rini ol,` the cop, isstninpedinwordlv 'et tivo or inore :ipproprihte points to 'torni strnps 'l2troni the. nieto-l of ,the rim. At correspond 'ingl points oil'lihoshell eireu nilerentiel tongues i3 suituhletnlil these straps orefoiined v hitvonot ents l-l. Y throne ol" the tongues is io lornied :iprojeetipn l5 to enter :nul engage.

v l the hole ll, lorniod. in the shell h v the punching ot' the st'. 'op

vi hen theshell'is put into the een nud then turned, the prhjopting(fetch 't5 will snep into i pince in the, holo l-Tond become locked withthe opposite end-s ol" the lutter und prevent the shell l'roin beingVrotnted in either direc-- tien. tongues lf3 into their respective strapsin the 50 esp will prevent endwiso witlulrnwzil of the shell troni thecop. Upon pressing down h v .At the swine time the entrance of the tronithe stritps and the shell then teken troni the cop.

A inodii'ied forni of cop illustrated in Figs. S to il, respectively,may he employed. A further spring-tongue i8 is eut in the shell, :ind onangled projeetionlt), 'facing in en opposite direction to that in whichthe tongues 13 point, is punched outwardly therefrom nezn itsl tree end.At a Corresponding point en v suitnhle ineens on the projection I5 miriried hv the s]iringtongue vthe shell may he turned in the cop and theornis withdrawn in the riin ot the cop is cut a spring-.tongue 20, thefree end ot which is arched to :ifl'ord e. convenient ineens by whichthe tip 21 of the tongue nur v he pressed down upon the angledprojection llt) and the letter pushed out of eugogeinent with the sideof the hole 22 formed in the cup by the cutting of the tongue 2t). Theshell is thus Inside free to rotule in the direction necessary to with*drow the nrins 1.3 trom the strnps l2 and pen init the .separation ofthe shell ond cop.

We eliiiin ns our invention- .1. ln inenndeseent-lninpy sockets, a. capnud shell and ineens Afor vfastening the sinne together, ond ineensconsisting of straps punehed troni one port, corresponding tongues cuttroni the other port, ond ineens carried by seid tongue to prevent therotation of' the ports hitter the tongues have entered the i stro-ps.

2. .ln ineendeseont-lemp sockets, e oep ond shell and ineens forfastening the sinne together, and Ineens consisting ofinterlocking'strzips and tongues borne on. the respectivepnrts, :iprojection on one tongue to act :is o. eoieh, ond n corresponding holein the part hearing the strop. v

E. ln ineondeseent-lmnp sockets, o cap nud shell und ineens forfastening the seme together, sind means consisting of straps punchedtroni one part, tongues punched `liroin the other port :1nd interlockingwith the stro-ps on rotnl ion ot the ports when together, :ind nprojection horno hy one of the tongues to :iet ns u enteh in eonneetionwith one of the f holes termed h v the punching of the straps.

lu testimony whereoie we have signed our naines to th* "peeilicf-itionin the presence of two snhserii.. ng witnesses.

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